Airplanes, engine-driven vehicles that fly through the air, have evolved in less than a century into one of the most important inventions in history. Every day, airplanes commute people and goods great distances. Over the last 100 years, they have been developed and perfected from simple gliders to ...

The notion that man could fly or someday would be able to achieve flight has long since been an idea of man for literally centuries. As early as 400 BC, a Greek scholar by the name of Archytas built a wooden pigeon that moved through the air. Approximately 100 years later the Chinese developed kite...

World War One began in August of 1914, involving the military powers of Europe, Britain, other nations throughout the world, and later the United States. The war was fought mainly on the ground, until the invention of the aircraft as a military weapon This new type of warfare soon became a strong po...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Air Power will take a new form in the use of UAVs. They will change lives, save lives, and reduce costs. Airplanes have increasingly become a major part of humanities since the Great War (World War I), being able to go faster than the speed of sound, carry tons of...

Helicopters are the most versatile aircraft today because of their ability to use three-dimensional space. Their flexibility allows them to fly backwards, hover, and rotate in air. This makes helicopters a lot more complicated than other aircraft aerodynamically and from a pilot's point of vie...

"United Airlines Flight 811: Sudden Explosive Decompression" By On February 24, 1989, a United Airlines Boeing 747-122 (B-747), departed Honolulu, Hawaii (HNL) bound for Sydney, Australia. While on climb-out the aircraft crew and passengers heard ...